-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Last week , we clued you in to all the annoying things that couples must cease doing on Facebook .

This week , we 're taking a look at the other side of the coin . What should you do about all the digital remnants of a relationship when you 're no longer flitting through fields , holding hands and weaving flowers Lady Chatterley 's Lover-like into one another 's various expanses of hair ? -LRB- i.e. , after you 've broken up . -RRB-

A quick story that 's not specifically true but is likely true for many a person : Suzie has a new beau , Johnny , and they are , oh , so in love . Like , two straws , one milkshake in love . And Suzie detests sharing because she 's an only child , so you know that 's big .

Naturally , the two become Facebook friends , because , well , the site has 900 million users and based on Lord Zuckerberg 's official decree , you do n't actually KNOW anyone until you click `` friend . '' Suzie is happily clicking through Johnny 's pictures and scrolling through his timeline when she notices a girl named Sally has commented on quite a few snaps and left wall posts with some quite explicit descriptions of what she wants to do to his sloped-shoulder physique .

Suzie is thrown into a rage that only the most only of only children can make manifest , then she realizes that the posts are from two years back .

The next time she and Johnny are slurping some frozen milk she asks for the story , and Johnny reveals that Sally was his old flame , a college sweetheart who has long since lost the sweetness and acquired a whip -LRB- the accessory of choice for anyone in her rather dominating profession -RRB- .

Suzie heaves a sigh of relief but still finds herself haunted by Sally 's vinyl-swaddled ghost , wondering what Sal had that she lacks , and what macabre moves Johnny might be into . The couple splits over -LRB- banana -RRB- splits just weeks later .

It 's a science-proven fact -LRB- or , at least , there 's a study supporting it -RRB- : Social networks like Facebook increase jealousy , partly because information is much more accessible , and that information can often be ambiguous . Our lives are now on display for all the world to see , but often we 're not there to explain ourselves when our most loved of loved ones are perusing .

That 's why we 're suggesting this week that our readers do a little bit of a purge . You likely have years ' worth of romantic failure riddled throughout your Facebook profile -- old pictures , wall posts , comments , messages -- and it 's not really a good look .

It 's basically the digital equivalent of having a box of your ex 's stuff , but instead of hiding it in your closet , you 're displaying it in your living room for all visitors and cable men to see . And see it they will -- a recent study by Seventeen magazine shows that 60 % of respondents look at romantic interests ' Facebook profiles daily .

We get that you might want to hold onto some of these memories . We would n't ask you to throw away every old love letter or snapshot in your closet , but there 's a more discrete way to do so . Download your Facebook profile for safekeeping . That way you 'll have a record of all photos , messages , wall posts and comments you may have received from a former beau . Once you have done so , it 's time to wipe that slate clean once and for all .

Here 's how :

1 -RRB- . Put your status in stealth

Do n't go down the winding road that is `` making it Facebook official '' in the first place , even though most couples reportedly do .

Not only is changing your status back after the breakup horrible and humiliating , Facebook Timeline makes it way too easy to scroll back and see activity like relationship reduxes . When it comes to what the sitcoms whimsically call `` The Ex Files , '' let your mouth do the talking , not some post from June 4 , 2011 .

Note : It 's totally fine to change your status to `` married , '' since that 's likely not changing any time soon -LRB- we hope -RRB- . However , apparently close to 50 % of brides -LRB- of those surveyed -RRB- do so BEFORE the wedding , which we would n't recommend . Cold feet , anyone ?

2 -RRB- . Untag , untag , untag

After you take any and all pictures of you and your former off of Facebook -LRB- this is kind of a given , why would anyone keep public pics of long-dead lip locks on public display ? -RRB- , untag pictures where the two of you look cozy from friends ' galleries .

You might even want to ask pals to take them down wholesale . As we said , you do n't have to get rid of said pics -LRB- download your profile or particular pictures -RRB- , but no one wants to see their new hand-holder holding hands with someone old .

3 -RRB- . Silence old comments

We 're not suggesting that you go through every picture and post and purge your ex 's exclamations , but perhaps deep six any lengthy epistles or outpourings of love .

If your new squeeze is turned off by an errant comment on an early college snap in which you 're sporting flared jeans and pigtails , s/he 's probably too jealous anyway . And blind , apparently , because that rhinestone top you 're wearing is the real mood killer .

4 -RRB- . Unfriend exes

Now this is a tough one . A lot of you out there purport to be friends with your ex . We believe you . This is totally possible . We 've seen such cases with our own jaded eyes . But you are not , my friend , pals with each and every person you 've ever dated , so why are they still hanging around on Facebook , liking your snaps and writing `` haha '' on your most witty of witty posts ?

Here 's a good litmus test : Do you refer to these `` friends '' as `` my ex so and so '' or `` my friend so and so ? '' If it 's the former -- and you never actually hang with this person IRL -- it 's time to kill this digital sham of a friendship .

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Social networks like Facebook increase jealousy because information is more accessible

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Study shows 60 % of respondents look at romantic interests ' Facebook profiles daily

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First hint ? Do n't make your relationship official on Facebook at the beginning